Polavaram row: call for 72-hour bus roko
The HinduAround 67 APSRTC buses, which ply daily to various destinations in Andhra Pradesh and Bhadrachalam in Telangana State, are likely to come to a halt in the next three days owing to the 72-hour ‘bus roko’ stir called by the ‘anti-Polavaram struggle committee’. The anti-Polavaram struggle committee consisting of various Adivasi organisations as well as the all-party divisional committees exempted APSRTC buses belonging to the bus depots in Telangana State from the ‘bus roko’ agitation. “We have given a call to organise a 72-hour ‘bus roko’ to stop the RTC buses of Andhra Pradesh from entering into Bhadrachalam Agency in a symbolic protest against the Centre’s ordinance transferring seven tribal sub-plan mandals to the neighbouring State, said Vattam Narayana, convener, anti-Polavaram struggle committee. The APSRTC officials of the bus depots in the neighbouring State were apprised of the 72 hour ‘bus roko’ call given by the anti-Polavaram struggle committee, said Ajay Kumar, Regional Manager, APSRTC, Khammam.
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